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18 Cards in this Set
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Sociology
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Systematic study of human society- is a science and uses scientific methods
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Socialization
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Lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
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Sex
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Biological distinction between males and females
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Race
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Socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important
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Polygamy
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Marriage that unites a person with 2 or more spouses
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Polyandry
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Marriage that unites one woman and 2 or more men
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Culture
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Ways of thinking, acting, and the material objects that together form a people's way of life
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Monogamy
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Marriage that unites 2 partners
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Homosexuality
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Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex
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Norm
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Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
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Social Stratification
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System by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy
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Gender
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Personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female
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Ethnicity
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Shared cultural heritage
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Exogamy
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Marriage between people of different social categories
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Endogamy
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Marriage between people of the same social category
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Family
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Social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children
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Ethnocentrism
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Practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
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Heterosexuality
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sexual attraction to someone of the other sex
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